Media & PR

The chief operating officer of Future Publishing, Simon Wear, has announced his immediate departure from the firm. Wear departs having served a lengthy 18-year stint at the media company and says he intends to spend some time with the company before looking for new opportunities. His former roles at Future …

Rebranded trade group expands remit to online, casual, social and mobile

UK video games trade body UKIE, formerly known as ELSPA, was finally ushered into life last night – and you can watch the video showed at its launch event right here. I’m delighted that ELSPA is morphing into UKIE,” minister for the Department for Culture, Media & Sport Ed Vaizey …

The industry will decide which association it wants to join, says Rawlinson

The final branding for UKIE was unveiled at a special event in Westminster this evening that fleshed out the trade association’s new agenda It marked the end of an era as the ELSPA name was retired after 21 years, replaced wth UKIE – the association for UK Interactive Entertainment. But …

ELSPA will be dead in a matter of days. But don’t worry – new name UKIE will come into effect on Tuesday, September 7th, with the rebrand ushering in a new era for the long-running UK trade body. UKIE (pronounced you-kee and standing for the association for UK Interactive Entertainment) …

Growing game industry association spawns new division

Pro-G Media has hired three writers for Videogamer.com, ahead of a ‘monumental overhaul’ of the website. The three new staff writers include former freelancers Emily Gera and Martin Gaston. Gera has produced content for GamesRadar, Xbox World 360, PC Format, IncGamers and Bit-Tech, while Gaston has written for CBS, Future …

With FilePlanet and the GameSpy tech suite, IGN is attracting new swathes of developers

UK games trade body promises an array of aid measures to self publishing studios